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L$ of tie faculty and the
Ed) at Waynesville Tovvn
? School were completing
E dttails this morning in
En for tonight's open
Cf school Several thous
E, were expected to at
Ishowing of the new unit,
I vocational and physi
Elior, rooms and a cafe
Et- have been invited to
Keen the hours of 7:30 p.
P pn>
L the building by way of
?entrance, which faces the
L main high school build
Kirs will first inspect the
? new gymnasium, which
inmoriate 1500 spectators,
I well-equipped locker
?joining it.
Ling through the long
pMiinnmn guests will see
LerriaJ education depart
Kne economic rooms, me
I drawing, woodworking
kales shops, and science
Lnents will be served at
?top of the tour, the cafe- j
Ken house eevning. origin
Kined for Tuesday was
? until Thursday because
Lath of J. Tom Leather
ed of Education member. 1
A Sweet Story?
Ain't It, Honey?
The First Baptist Church in
Waynesvllle has had tenants for
several months, steady, hard
working souls every one of them,
but collecting the rent is going
to be a problem.
Not that the stuff isn't there,
the problem is that it's strictly
F.O.B. the steeple.
F. G. Kippetoe the other day
noticed a big ball surrounded by
a swarm of bees high in the
steeple of the church. His keen
eye spotted a hole which might
have been made by a .22 bullet,
and the honey bees were zoom
ing in and out of that hole. At
tendants at the filling station {
across the street said that they
I had noticed the bees there for
some months.
With his sweet tooth aching in
anticipation. Mr. Rippetoe fig
ures that there's no telling how
much honey is stored inside the
huge steeple ? it's there for the
taking ? but just how on earth
is anybody going to get up in
there to take it?
e Persons Are Injured
Two Traffic Accidents
lersons were painfully in
bout 10:10 Wednesday
en a 1937 Chevrolet in
rv were riding failed to
iarp curve on the Med
a road.
nan W. R. Wooten, invest
[ficer, said that Reeves G.
25. driver, suffered a
I fracture of the left leg.
asscngers. Charles Smith.
>il Smith, 13, brothers,
nits and bruises. Charles
t face cuts and was in a
nous condition. (The Hay
otv Hospital this morning
him as having regained
jousncss.i Cecil suffered
and bruises and internal
(tout the chest,
we brought to the Hay
win Hospital, and San-1
morning was removed to I
nlle hospital. The Smith
remain in the local hos
I
>r left the road at the
roke through a barbed
e. and went about a hurt
down a steep, rocky em
t to a branch. So steep
bank that the stretcher
wd to bring all three vie
by a round-about way.
p Wooten arrived in time
I removing the three in
hn the wreckage. The car
lly demolished.
Ban Wooten commented,
me was simply sharper
i driver thought, and he
wind it too fast." No
have been filed pending
Investigation.
McCracken Suffers
ijury.From Thorn
?? R P. McCracken is Iro
et St. Joseph Hospital
8 is receiving treatment
f from a thorn in his eye.
facken is a retired Bap
Uer.
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? 0. W. TO MEET
Mile lodge of Woodmen
forld will meet at 7:30 p.
lay in the W. O. W. hall
Red Wing Gift Shop on
i
Tw o former displaced persons of
I Lithuanian nationality suffered
severe lacerations of the head at
! 6:30 p.m. Monday when the pickup
j truck in which they were riding
left the highway and overtuned
! on N. C. 284 near the Barberville
Baptist Church.
Cpl. Pritchard Smith of the
Stale Highway Patrol identified the
pair as Leonas A. Lesinskas. 36, J
the driver, and Vladislavs Gudris. i
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46 Both were treated at Haywood j
! County Hospital: Gudris was ad
mitted and discharged the follow- j
I in? morning.
Lesinskas. who lives on the
Cnambers Mountain road, was
charged with driving under the in- j
fluence of alcohol. His truck, val- j
ued at about $100, was demolished i
Accident Victims
Are Recovering
From Injuries
Thurman Bumette of Asheville.'
formerly of Canton, who was in-1
jurcd in an automobile accident ,
last Saturday night in West Ashe- ?
ville, is reported to be in good j
condition, although he remains a
patient in Memorial Mission Hos- ?
pital. He expects to be discharged
from the hospital next week.
Mrs. Burnette, who received a
broken nose in the same accident,
has been released from the hos
pital.
Mr. and Mrs. Burnette were hurt
in a head-on collission of two auto
mobiles which resulted in the death
of Mrs. A. Mark Hawkins of Can
ton. They were riding with Mrs.
Hawkins and her husband and son.
James Franklin Hawkins. Mr.
Hawkins and his son were given [
treatment at the hospital following
the accident but were not seriously
injured.
Jack B. Sluder of Asheville, |
named as driver of the second car.
was charged with reckless driving
and was freed after posting bond.
He suffered slight cuts.
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ther
mmm1
doady and warm today!
** of scattered afternoon
Uttl? change Friday.
' dayodsville tempera
dotted by the State Test
Max. Min. Tr.
... 85 44
82 48
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PTA Group
At WTHS
Is Proposed
A joint announcement was made
jtoday by J. B. Soesbee. president
i of the Haywood PTA Council, and
j M. H. Bow les, district superinten
1 dent of schools, that a meeting will
be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the
high school for those interested in
a High School Parent Teachers
I Association.
The proposal will be presented at
the meeting. Soesbee and Bowles
said, and if enough interest is
| shown, an organization can be
\ formed.
Waynesville High School here
has not had a Parent-Teacher or
ganization in about 12 years.
The meeting will be held in the
auditorium.
Speakers at the meeting Tues
day night will be Mrs. Allen T.
Luther of Ashevillc and Mrs. Olin
Dillard of Candler, leaders in the
Western District of the North Caro
lina Congress of Parents and
Teachers, who will discuss PTA
and answer questions concerning
the organization.
It was pointed out the meeting
is open not only to parents of the
towns of Waynesville and Hazel
wood but also those in the rural
areas whose children attend high
school here?such as Saunook.
Maggie. Jonathan Creek. Francis
Cove. Ratcliffe Cove and Lake
Junaluska.
PTA officials said thai parents
of WTHS students have expressed
an interest in forming a PTA |roup
at Waynesville High in order to
meet more effectively the many
problems concerning the commun
ity's youth.
Champion Paper
Announces Wage
Adjustments Made
Adjustments in the wage struc
ture of the Carolina Division of
the Champion Paper and Fibre
Company and the establishment of
?a additicu^l paid holiday for hour
ly rated employees were announc
ed today by H. A. Helder, vice
president and division manager.
Five cents per hour of the com
pany's Cooperative Earnings Plan
is being converted into the base
pay rates of hourly employees,
effective with the tw-o-week pay
period beginning September 20.
At the same time, Helder said,
tli Cooperative Earnings Plan is
being revised in order to retain
the present ceiling and provide
employees with an opportunity to
further increase their earnings
tiirough increased production and
efficiency.
Thanksgiving Day is the addi
tional paid holiday being establish
ed for hourly employees, making
a toal of four paid holidays now
Helder also announced that
equitable wage adjustments are
also being made for the salaried
employees of the company.
Driver's License
Examiners Set
New Office Hours
Starting Monday, state driving
license examiners will be in the
basement of the Haywood court
house each Monday and Tuesday
from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., it has
been announced by Charles J.
Crawford, in charge of the office
here.
The examiners are also in Can
ton each Wednesday and Thursday
from 8 until 5 in the courtroom
of the Canton Town Hall, and in
Sylva each Friday from 8 until 5.
Assisting Mr. Crawford in con
ducting drivers' tests is mother
examiner, Thomas L. Lentz.
Davis Charges That Society
Is Neglecting The Needy
"All elements of society are re* i
sponsible for the conditions which
cause part of our people to be
come underprivileged " Frank
Davis, county commissioner and
dairy farmer, told the Waynesville
Kiwanls Club Tuesday night at
Spaldon's.
The nation's churches, schools,
political organizations, and other
groups have neglected their re
sponsibility toward the under
privileged. he asserted.
"Why are hundreds of persons
in Haywood County suffering from
lack of food, and why are only one
third of our people attending
church?" Mr. Davis asked.
In spite of the county's great ad
vance in education, the commis
' sioner said that illiteracy in Hay
I wood Countv is as widespread to
day as it was 30 years ago.
Family life also suffers in the
county. Mr. Davis asserted, because
in a number of homes, the father
or mother has "deserted".
"Somebody is to blame," he
said. "Is it you? Is it me?"
The commissioner opined that
society does not look far enough
into the background of the needy
and resorts to only "temporary"
methods to case their plight.
The remedy, Mr. Davis said, is
that persons of influence start us*
ing that influence to help the un
derprivileged instead of being call
ous to their needs.
A. D. Harrison, Kiwanis vice
president, presided at the meeting
in the place of President Hye Shep
tnwitch. _ _ I
Officials, Engineers Make Final Inspection Of
Waynesville's Modern 3-Story Filtering Plant
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MODERN FILTERING PLANT of Waynesville. just .2 of a mile
beyond the end of the Aliens ("reek paved road, will be opened
to the public Wednesday, October 13th. from 2 to 5 o'clock. Of
firials and engineers made a linal inspection of the plant yester
day. The plant can filter tun million gallons of water per day.
(Another picture, Pago One. Section Two). (Mountaineer Photo).
Nominees
Listed For I
ASC Posts
One hundred and twenty-nine
Haywood County farmers have
been nominated in 12 communi
ties as candidates for ASC com
munity committeeman, it has been
announced by A. W. Ferguson,
county ASC manage^ ^
Ballots to elect no ot 'miittee
nien will be sent out shelly after
October 7. If returned by mail,
the ballots must be postmarked
not later than October 15. If de
livered in person, to the county
office, they must be brought in not 1
later than noon of October 18. I
The county convention, at which
the elected delegates will elect |
county committeemen, will be held i
on October 19. (
Farmers can cast votes for com
munity committeemen if they have
interests as owner, operator, tenant,
or sharecropper on farms partici
pating or eligible to participate in
any program administered during
the current calendar year through
the county ASC office.
Concerning the coining elections.
; Mr. Ferguson issued this state-1
! ment:
"Very soon you and your neigh
bors will be electing the ASC
farmer-committeemen who in 1955
will be responsible for the local
administration of such national :
farm programs as the Agricultural I
Conservation Program, price sup- i
ports, acreage allotments, market- 1
ing quotas, storage facility loans [
and others.
"It is those men who Will see to i
it that such national programs are
properly adapted to conditions in
Haywood County and to your farm. 1
and it is the background and ex
perience of these same men that :
(See ASC?Page 41
2 Canton Men
Face Hearing On
Liquor Charges
A father and son who live in the J
Gibsontown section of Canton!
have been charged with possession i
of non-tax paid whiskey as the re-1
suit of a raid made by deputy j
sheriffs Gene Howell and Everett i
McElrov Tuesday evening.
Thomas Howell, Jr. was eharg-'
ed both with possession of liquor !
and with the selling of lottery
tickets. Half a gallon of whiskey
and the tickets were found in a
cigarette vending machine in a
small store operated by Howell.
Later Thomas Howell, Sr. was
charged with possession of illicit
liquor when 10 jars were found by
the deputies at his residence.
Thomas Howell, Jr. was releas
ed on a S500 bond for a hearing
October 6. His father will also ap
pear at the hearing.
Deputy Howell also investigated
the theft of 36 pounds of cheese
and IB pounds of meat from the
lunchroom of Patton Ave. School
in Canton. One "clue" was an
empty milk carton ?? with the
top torn off bv a thirsty thief who
was unable to open the new-type
milk container.
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Canton Game
Kickoif Time
Set At 7:30
Kickoif time for the Cantan
tV.ivnesvillo tame at Canton to
morrow night will be at 7:30
p.m., it has been announced.
Coach Boyd Allen said that
the game was moved up to ac
commodate third-shift workers
at the Champion I'apcr and
Fibre Company. All other home
games at Canton during the re
mainder of the season will be
gin at 7:30. he added.
Cpl. Fritchard Smith of the
State Highway Patrol and Can
ton Police Chief W. N. Stroup
both urged Uavnesville area
fans to get an early start for the
game tomorrow night to avoid
the need for driving fast to ar
rive on time for the kiekoff,
GOP Candidate
Outlines Platform
A lax cut made possible by cul
ling Government expenditure was
part of the platform outlined by
Charles W. Cunningham of Ilcn
dersonville. G<>P candidate for
12th DistriK Congressman at a
meeting Tuesday night <fl the Hay
wood County Republicans,
Cunningham stated his belief
that "the Government's function
is to govern and not to conduct
business other than Government
business ... I believe taxes should
be cut as much as possible and
the only way to reduce them is to
appropriate less money and cut
Government expenses according
ly."
Elmer Miller of Canton, party
executive committee chairman pre
sided.
The group endorsed plans for
Republican National Precinct Day
on Friday, Oct. 8.
Among the GOP candidates for
county - wide offices introduced
were Glenn A. Boyd of Jonathan
Creek, chairman of the Hoard of
County Commissioners; M. 11.
Ferguson of Crablree and H. J5.
Sherrill of Canton, members of
the Board of County Commission
ers.
The group set the next meeting
date tentatively for Tuesday. Oct.
12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bethel High
School.
Miller explained that GDI' Pre
cinct Day meeting places would be
either schools or homes.
Theatres To Open
At 8 P.M. Sundays
Effective this Sunday, the
Strand and Park theatres will
open on Sunday nights at 8
o'clock and the show will start
at X:30 p.m.
In the past on Sundays, the
theatres have opened at 8:30 and
started the film at 0 p.m.
Advance Planning Big
Item With Newspapers
Hy AGNES FITZIIUGIt S11APTEK
Staff Writer
Getting out a newspaper is iatli
' cr like getting a dinner on the
table.
'Way ahead of time you have to
plan your menu. Yon take into con
sideration what produce is avail
able, what your family likes best,
and what they may not smack their
I lips over but d? need for an ade
quate diet.
Similarly the editorial staff of a
paper figures roughly what will
| probably be happening, what will
j be the biggest story -the main
dish?and what else must be in
cluded.
Then comes marketing for in
gredients. The housewife inspects
the refrigerator and heads for the
grocer: the editor assigns stall
members to talk to people, take
pictures and otherwise gather up
the multitude of facts that will
make up tlie paper.
With everything assembled, the
lioinemaker gets to work in the
kitchen. This dish takes more time
to cook?start i( ahead of every
thing else. That is a good nourish
ing dish, but il certainly needs
careful seasoning to make it tasty
to the family. With the same ad-1
vance planning, the at a if writers
get to work.
The chances arc that you or one
of your neighbors have at one |
time or another given The Moun
taineer a "piece to go in the
paper". If you and our other,
friends didn't let us know when
your church was having a benefit'
| supper, or your daughter was go- J
ing to bo married, we'd be hard
put to it to turn out a paper that j
would be interesting to bur 25,-J
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wuu i i dut'i ?,
There are. of course, regular
"beats" to which a reporter is as
signed. One man may check the
police department daily; another
keeps in- close touch with the
! County Agent's office; but the bulk
of the stories that appear in the
' paper start when somebody calls
(up and says, "Have you heard
about that wreck last night?''
At once a reporter starts check-;
ing on the "tip". In the case of
i an accident, he sees whatever law,
enforcement branch is handling it.1
(See Newspapers?I'age 41
Hunters Warned
From Junaluska
Property Grounds
Squirrel hunters had better
skirt a wide path around l^ake
Junaluska property, according to
Everett McElroy Junaluska
police chief and County deputy,
' who announced this morning
that there would be positively
no hunting allowed on the Lake
property at any time.
McElroy pointed out that the
land was posted, and that all
persons found trespassing on
the property would be subject
to arrest.
In tlie past a number of squir
rel hunters have not used cau
tion in pointing their guns and
have showered some of the
Lake homes with shot.
Scout Officials
Seeking Leaders
Among Adults
Scout leaders of the area are ex
pecting many adults interested in
carrying on Hoy Scout work in
this area to attend the Relation
ship Conference at the court
house. Tuesday, 7:30.
"The interest of adults in the
program lias reached such a low
ebb that there must he additional
Interest, or the program will suffer
and perhaps have to be curtailed,"
one area officer said this morning.
"Unless we can get more men
interested as leaders in the Scout
movement here, there will be
thousands ot boys deprived of the
benefits of the Scouting program
unless additional adults enter ac
tively in the program as leaders,"
the official continued.
A survey revealed that there
are 3,404 boys in this county of
Seoul age. and less than 300 boys
now enrolled in the Scout troops
of the county, which comprises the
Pigeon River District.
Clyde Masons To Give |
Fellowship Night Supper
A "Fellowship Night" program
for Masons of the 4lst District
will be sponsored at 7 p.m. Satur
day in I he Clyde School cafeteria
by Clyde Masonic Lodge 453.
Masons and their wives of the
district are invited to attend. j
Clyde chapter of the Order of
Eastern Star will serve the meal.
Plates wil be $1 apiece.
Hye Sheptowitch Renamed
President Of Kiwanis Club
Hyp Sheptowitch. Waynesvllle
merchant, was re-elected president
of the Waynesvllle Kiwanis Club
at a meeting Tuesday night at
Spaldon's Restaurant.
Mr. Sheptowitch, who was elect
ed vice president last year, was
elevated to the presidency of the
Kiwanis Club this summer when
Charles Underwood resigned to de
vote more time to his business.
H. I* Plelne*s, chief chemist .it
the Dayton Rubber Co. plant, was
named vice president of the club.
and Joe Howell, another Waynes
ville merchant, was re-elected
treasurer. The Kiwanis Board of
Directors will name the club's
secretary.
The Board of Directors for 1955
includes; Hooper Alexander Rog
er Amnions, Enos Boyd, Rufus
(,'arswell, Henry Clayton, A. D.
Harrison, Joe Howell, Ray Plein
ess, live Shcplowltch. and Bob
Winchester.
The new officers will take of
fice on January 4, 1955.
Open House
Set October
13th. 2 To 5
Officials of Wayncsville. engin
eer* and contractor, met Wednes
day at the new filtering plant,
where the final inspection was
completed.
"Everyone seems happy over the
completed Job" Mayor J. II. Way
said this morning.
! "We got a good job. have excel
| lent facilities for filtering water,
and have an abundance of water
today, even after all these weeks
i of dry weather. We are using just
about one-fifth of the available
1 water at the present time," he said.
The gauge in the plant at three
o'clock Wednesday showed that
consumption of water was at the
rate of 000 gallons per minute.
The board of aldermen, and
town manager, together with the
mayor, set Wednesday, October 13,
frum two to five o'clock as the time
for open house and inspection of
the plant.
The new plant is part of the
$325,000 expansion program of the
water system here. The filtering
plant?a massive three story build
ing?and equipment represents an
investment of about $225,000. Ad
ditional lines, and other equipment
cost about $100,000
A new dam was built at the up
per end of Aliens Creek on the
i water shed property, and there the
| water flows 800 feet to the new
plant, where It is filtered at the
rate of two million gallons per day.
Present consumption is about
1,250,000 gallons a day.
| Construction of the plant began
in July, 1#53, after voters in
W'aynesville had approved a bond
issue for the expansion of ilic
system. The present filtering plant
! takes the place of one built 40
years ago. The same reservoirs are
being used Two lines from the fil
tering plant to the reservoirs keep
them full.
As offieials were inspecting tIre
ne w system, workmen were work
ing a few hundred feet away dig
ging up a mile of 6-ineh east iron
pipe, which had served lor 30
I years in carrying water from Shin
i ning Branch dam to the filtering
plant. The pipe will be used in ad
ditional lines here in Waynesvillc.
> Among those making the inspec
tion yesterday Included: Mayor J.
' If. Way, Aldermen: Henry Miller,
Henry Caddy, and Joe Liner; G. C.
. Ferguson, town manager, and Mar
wood Boebee, president of the en
gineering firm who designed the
plant. G. W. White, engineer, C.
Abrahins resident engineer, W. B.
Dillard, contractor, and Fred Mon
teith, construction superintendent.
Plans Completed
For Pigeon Valley
Fair Next .Year
At a meeting coming on tlx'
heels of this year's successful fair,
a committee of Pigeon Valley vot
ed unanimously Monday night to
hold another Pigeon Valley Fair
next year.
Dates for the 1955 event were
set as September 28 through Oc
tober 1. The fair will again be held
at the Bethel School. Chairmen of
various committees wil 1 begin work
Immediately, and a planning meet
i Ing has been set for November I
at the school.
M. C. Nix. fair manager and
agriculture teacher at Bethel
school reviewed the success of
this year's fair, which drew an esti
mated 7500 persons in its three
day run. Over a thousand entries
were on exhibit continuously, in
addition to special events which
included a pet show, a talent show,
horse show and football game.
Highway
Record For
1954
In Haywood
(TO DATK)
Killed.;:: 2
Injured.... 42
(This Information com
piled from Keeortis of
State Highway Patrol.)